To Marshall

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Marshall To a grandi dans une famille d’immigrants chinois de deuxième génération, dans une région rurale du Canada. Sa famille, de tradition taoïste, tenait un restaurant chinois. Le père de To croyait que les êtres humains vivaient dans un monde surnaturel coexistant simultanément avec le monde physique. Il pensait que nous étions entourés des esprits de nos proches, de ceux en attente de réincarnation, ainsi que de ceux qui demeuraient, agités et animés de ressentiment.

Marshall To grew up a second generation Chinese immigrant in rural Canada. His family was Taoist and owned a Chinese Restaurant. To’s father believed that people lived in a supernatural world that existed simultaneously with the physical world. He believed we humans surrounded by the spirits of loved ones, those awaiting reincarnation and by those who remained, restless and vengeful.

« I remember having a fever one night after visiting my grandmother’s grave. I Felt like I was on fire, twisted inside out. I could smell the incense and heard frantic prayers. I was helpless, and felt controlled by something else…something other. The prayers repeated over and over as the fever and incense burned. All of a sudden, a deafening CRACK sounded from inside the ceiling. I was loud as thunder, and then there was silence. The incense burnt out and the prayers stopped. It seemed only natural that the veil separating the living and the dead might be as thin as the line between life and death.”-Marshall To